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Watch this: 5 Biggest Rivalries in Computing History

FEATURE By TechSpot Video, May 6, 2021, 8:01 AM TechSpot Tech Culture

Software Apple

96% of users are not enabling in-app tracking in iOS 14.5

It's a thorn in the side for Facebook, who argues that in-app tracking is required to keep its service free of charge

By Joe White, May 8, 2021, 9:12 AM

Microsoft Software

Microsoft is letting go of Windows 10X as it focuses on making Windows 10 better

Sun Valley is the future

By Adrian Potoroaca, May 8, 2021, 7:40 AM

Gaming Tech Culture

StarCraft and Microsoft Flight Simulator among latest inductees into the Video Game Hall of Fame

Four new titles join the Video Game Hall of Fame

By Shawn Knight, May 7, 2021, 2:01 PM

The Web Tech Culture

After 15 years, controversial video sharing site LiveLeak has been shut down

The controversial website has been replaced by ItemFix

By Joao Silva, May 7, 2021, 1:19 PM 10 comments

Industry Apple

Apple took API tools away from Hulu for upgrading subscriptions outside the App Store

Using its APIs to cancel subscriptions and upgrade off-platform was not explicitly against policies at the time

By Cal Jeffrey, May 7, 2021, 12:44 PM 12 comments

The Web

Twitter makes it easier to send money to users with Tip Jar

Twitter just make it a lot easier for users to send and receive money

By Shawn Knight, May 7, 2021, 12:16 PM

Google The Web

Google Photos free unlimited storage is ending soon

A multi-layered backup strategy is highly recommended

By Shawn Knight, May 7, 2021, 10:03 AM 12 comments

Industry

Semiconductor revenue could grow to $522 billion this year, despite chip shortages

Bad days for consumers, boom time for chip makers

By Rob Thubron, May 7, 2021, 9:27 AM

Hardware

Backblaze's latest storage reliability figures add SSD boot drive failure rates to the mix

As expected, solid state storage fails far less often than mechanical drives

By Humza Aamir, May 7, 2021, 8:52 AM

Gaming

Sony Game Boost trailer suggests more older games will receive PS5 improvements

We could also see a new logo on game boxes

By Rob Thubron, May 7, 2021, 8:10 AM 10 comments

Gaming

Ubisoft is expanding the Tom Clancy's The Division franchise with new games, content, and a movie

The Division movie will be produced by Netflix

By Joao Silva, May 7, 2021, 7:38 AM

Drivers Downloads

Radeon drivers improve Resident Evil Village 4K performance

AMD's latest Radeon Adrenalin graphics driver 21.5.1 improves Resident Evil Village performance and fixes issues in a number of titles including Disco Elysium, Moonlight Blade and more.

By Erik Orejuela, May 7, 2021, 7:24 AM

Industry

Bitmain places orders for 5nm mining chips with TSMC

Could it impact production of other 5nm chips?

By Rob Thubron, May 7, 2021, 6:55 AM

Build a PC vs. Pre-Built (Scoring a GPU in the Process)

FEATURE By Amir Shoam, May 7, 2021, 6:08 AM TechSpot Hardware

With ongoing component shortages and insane graphics card prices, a pre-built gaming PC that gets you a new fast GPU suddenly looks like a very reasonable option that we must consider.